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The end of energy obesity : breaking today's energy addiction for a prosperous and secure tomorrow

Title
The end of energy obesity : breaking today's energy addiction for a prosperous and secure tomorrow / Peter Tertzakian with Keith Hollihan.
Author
Tertzakian, Peter.
Publication
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors
Hollihan, Keith.
Description
xv, 296 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Energy industries
  • Energy consumption
  • Economic development
  • Power resources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-287) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. After the banquet -- Ch. 2. Whetting the energy appetite -- Ch. 3. The first principle of energy consumption -- Ch. 4. The world's factory -- Ch. 5. Breaking our energy diet -- Ch. 6. Price and value -- Ch. 7. Eating our efficiencies -- Ch. 8. Complex carbons -- Ch. 9. The maddening allure of the first principle -- Ch. 10. The asymmetry principle -- Ch. 11. Beyond nostalgia -- Ch. 12. Conservation 2.0 -- Ch. 13. Dissolving distance -- Ch. 14. A low-carb, highly-scalable diet -- Ch. 15. The energy health craze -- Epilogue. Leadership on the commons.
ISBN
  • 9780470435441 (cloth)
  • 0470435445 (cloth)
LCCN
  • 2009007447
  • 40016887735
OCLC
  • ocn294879155
  • 294879155
  • SCSB-9034504
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries